HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.9.b - John Stonebraker - roadside fuels reductionFrom:John S.
To:Clerk of the Board
Subject:comment re: 3.9.b roadside fuels reduction
Date:Tuesday, April 8, 2025 6:09:16 AM
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I look forward to the removal of the overreaching blackberry patch along
Skyway near Bridger and a few overhanging limbs that could injure
passing cyclists. This 12-mile stretch includes many hazards, as
identified in the Upper Ridge Community Plan, yet little Hazardous
Vegetation. The excessive right-of-way next door to me is certainly
overgrown and should be thinned for the health of the stand, to preserve
our valuable shade canopy, but the skinny sticks above the cutbank are
not any kind of threat warranting expenditure of public dollars. Dead
and dying trees, yes very much, but our friends who operate the
powerlines have been aggressively destroying trees along this corridor
given any superficial sign of ill health. And the stretch from Randlyn
Road to Stirling through Sierra Pacific land was harvested in late
summer 2018, overstepping a Right of Way exemption to avoid the Timber
Harvest Permit process.
It will be interesting to see where bids come in relative to the rates
in item 5.1 and Public Works's previous $22,000/mile estimate. And how
the ensuing Risk-Spend Efficiency compares to widening the bottlenecks
and fixing the sections where water sheets across the road.
I would like to see the solicitation preclude the expensive removal of
viable overstory trees to ensure our public dollars are best spent.
John Stonebraker
Magalia, CA